italic version

Italic \I*tal"ic\, a. [L. Italicus: cf. F. italique. Cf.
   {Italian}.]
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   1. Relating to Italy or to its people.
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   2. Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters
      do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so
      called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the
      inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.
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   {Italic languages}, the group or family of languages of
      ancient Italy.

   {Italic order} (Arch.), the composite order. See {Composite}.
      

   {Italic school}, a term given to the Pythagorean and Eleatic
      philosophers, from the country where their doctrines were
      first promulgated.

   {Italic version}. See {Itala}.
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Itala \It"a*la\, n. [Fem. of L. Italus Italian.]
   An early Latin version of the Scriptures (the Old Testament
   was translated from the Septuagint, and was also called the
   {Italic version}).
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